Catholic

October 19, 1985|By Compiled from Sentinel services by John Gholdston

NUN IMPASSE. The National Coalition of American Nuns has called for dismissal of Cardinal Jerome Hamer as head of the Vatican Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes, saying he is ''incapable of resolving'' a current impasse with 24 American nuns. He has demanded that they recant their statement last year saying diverse Catholic views exist about abortion.